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Jay Freedman
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wrote:
When I double click and select a word, then press the backspace key,
it does not delete the word (or phrase, etc. that has been
highlighted). Some thing with the space bar. Delete still works, but
I'd like to get the backspace/space bar to work again. Any help you
can offer would be great.

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Thanks,
Michele